2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
# 2008 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles

Mikhail Youzhny was the defending champion, but lost in the first round to Janko Tipsarević.

None of the 8 seeded players reached quarter-finals. Michaël Llodra won his only ATP 500 singles final $6–7^{(3–7)},$ 6–3, $7–6^{(7–4)},$ against Robin Söderling.

## Seeds

* Rafael Nadal (second round)
* Nikolay Davydenko (second round)
* David Ferrer (second round)
* Mikhail Youzhny (first round)
* Tomáš Berdych (second round)
* Andy Murray (first round)
* Juan Carlos Ferrero (first round)
* Marcos Baghdatis (first round)

## Draw

### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Robin Söderling | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| Gilles Simon | 2 | 1 | | | | |
| Gilles Simon | 2 | 1 | Robin Söderling | 7 | 3 | $6^4$ |
| | | | Michaël Llodra | $6^3$ | 6 | 7 |
| Ivo Karlović | 5 | $6^4$ | Michaël Llodra | $6^3$ | 6 | 7 |
| Michaël Llodra | 7 | 7 | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Tursunov | 4 | 4 | | 1 | R Nadal | 6 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | L Hewitt | 6 | $6^4$ | $6^4$ | | A Seppi | 3 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | A Seppi | 3 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | A Seppi | 3 | 2 | | | |
| | J Nieminen | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | R Söderling | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | F Verdasco | 6 | 6 | | | F Verdasco | 4 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| | R Söderling | 6 | 3 | 6 | | R Söderling | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| 8/WC | M Baghdatis | 3 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | R Söderling | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | M Youzhny | $6^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | G Simon | 2 | 1 |
| | J Tipsarević | 7 | 6 | | | J Tipsarević | $6^4$ | $6^4$ | | | | | | | | |
| | F López | 3 | 4 | | | G Simon | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | G Simon | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | G Simon | 6 | 6 | | | |
| | N Mahut | 7 | 6 | | | | | | | Q | T Gabashvili | 3 | 2 | | | |
| | T Robredo | 5 | 4 | | | N Mahut | 2 | $6^7$ | | | | | | | | |
| Q | T Gabashvili | 7 | 6 | | Q | T Gabashvili | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | JC Ferrero | 5 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | T Berdych | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | I Ljubičić | 3 | 3 | 5 | T Berdych | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| | I Karlović | 6 | 6 | | I Karlović | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| | O Rochus | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | I Karlović | 6 | 6 | | | |
| Q | M Zverev | 7 | 7 | | | | | | Q | M Zverev | 3 | 1 | | | |
| | P Kohlschreiber | 5 | 5 | Q | M Zverev | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| | S Bolelli | 4 | 5 | 3 | D Ferrer | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | D Ferrer | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | I Karlović | 5 | $6^4$ |
| 6 | A Murray | 5 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | M Llodra | 7 | 7 |
| WC | R Haase | 7 | 6 | WC | R Haase | 5 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Bachinger | 3 | 2 | | M Berrer | 7 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | M Berrer | 6 | 6 | | | | | | WC | R Haase | $6^5$ | $6^5$ | | | |
| WC | R Sluiter | 1 | $6^8$ | | | | | | | M Llodra | 7 | 7 | | | |
| | M Llodra | 6 | 7 | | M Llodra | 6 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| Q | J Hernych | 3 | 3 | 2 | N Davydenko | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | N Davydenko | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
